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Proverbs 31:14

Proverbs 31:14
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

She is like the merchant ships,.... Not like a single one, but like a navy of them, that cross the seas, go to foreign…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites consequent on their contact with the Phoenicians under…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 31:10-31

This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

She is like the merchant's ships The principles of profitable exchange which regulate foreign trade are exemplified in…

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